EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (left) and chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (right) at the talks

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EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (left) and chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (right) at the talks

Kirill Kudryavtsev

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (left) and chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (right) attend the high-stakes talks on the controversial Iranian nuclear programme in Moscow on June 18. The atmosphere at the crunch talks is not positive, a member of the Iranian delegation said after several hours of meetings Monday.